Out of the depths of a clear blue sky emerges a beautiful tree of white lotus flowers. On the tree are many figures - historical, mythical and transcendental - each a teacher of Enlightenment. In this book Kulananda explains the significance of the figures on the Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order. This new revised edition includes the two new figures of Dr Ambedkar and Anagarika Dharmapala. It is a great introduction to the refuge tree and a way of looking at the whole Buddhist tradition.
Foreword to the New Edition
About the author
Preface to the 2000 edition, by Sangharakshita
Author's acknowledgements
Publisher's acknowledgements
Part one
Introduction
1 The Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order, and the prostration practice
2 Visualization and imagination
3 Going for refuge
4 The Refuge Tree, bodhicitta, and 'other-power'
Part two
Introduction
1 The Buddhas of the Three Times
2 The Jinas
3 The Arhants
4 The bodhisattvas
5 Vajrasattva
6 The dharma texts
7 The teachers of the past
India
Tibet
China
Japan
8 The teachers of the present
Conclusion
Notes and references
Selected reading
Index
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